NAM to give verdict on pregnancy saga today
Netball Association of Malawi’s (NAM) disciplinary committee will on Monday give verdict on whether to set free Tigresses’ star Lauren Ngwira, who was banned from competitions for allegedly testing positive for pregnancy during Presidential Championships three months ago.
The committee was supposed to pass the judgment on Saturday at the Sports Council in Blantyre but the case has been shifted to today (Monday) because one of the signatories to the ruling had not yet signed the document, according to member of the committee who asked for anonymity.
“We are ready with the judgment but we will announce the verdict once all the signatories have signed the document. Everything will be known on Monday,” said the source.
Tigresses coach Charles Mhango and Ngwira went to the council on Saturday as requested by the disciplinary committee but they said they were surprised that they were the only ones in attendance.
“We got the information that the meeting has been shifted after we called them the committee to know why they were not present. But our worry is that the delay on the verdict is giving us headache because Laureen is our key player who is not supposed to miss our crucial games,” he said.
The ban prevented Ngwira from taking part in the Rainbow Paints Top Six Netball Series two weeks ago when her team won the title after beating defending champions, Diamonds, in the finals.
The pregnancy issue and the heated protests that the other Tigresses players made on the matter also prompted NAM to bar Ngwira and her teammates Sindi Simtowe, Beatrice Mpinganjira and Grace Mhango from the Malawi Queens squad that contested at the Fast-5 Netball Series in New Zealand two months ago.
Netball Association of Malawi’s (NAM) disciplinary committee will today give verdict on whether to set free Tigresses’ star Lauren Ngwira, who was banned from competitions for allegedly testing positive for pregnancy during Presidential Championships three months ago.
The committee was supposed to pass the judgment on Saturday at the Sports Council in Blantyre but the case has been shifted to today (Monday) because one of the signatories to the ruling had not yet signed the document, according to member of the committee who asked for anonymity.
“We are ready with the judgment but we will announce the verdict once all the signatories have signed the document. Everything will be known on Monday,” said the source.
Tigresses coach Charles Mhango and Ngwira went to the council on Saturday as requested by the disciplinary committee but they said they were surprised that they were the only ones in attendance.
“We got the information that the meeting has been shifted after we called them the committee to know why they were not present. But our worry is that the delay on the verdict is giving us headache because Laureen is our key player who is not supposed to miss our crucial games,” he said.
The ban prevented Ngwira from taking part in the Rainbow Paints Top Six Netball Series two weeks ago when her team won the title after beating defending champions, Diamonds, in the finals.
The pregnancy issue and the heated protests that the other Tigresses players made on the matter also prompted NAM to bar Ngwira and her teammates Sindi Simtowe, Beatrice Mpinganjira and Grace Mhango from the Malawi Queens squad that contested at the Fast-5 Netball Series in New Zealand two months ago.
